Can you ever have too much security software installed on your PC? Well, yes, there is no reason for trying to install more than one anti-virus client or anti-spyware application. Some people do - we had one reader recently email us to say they had five anti-spyware apps installed! However, if you're one of the many who uses basic but effective free anti-virus technology, you may need to install a separate firewall, anti-spam, anti-spyware and other tools.

Panda Anti-Rootkit 1.06 is a free tool that will enable you to check your system against a special kind of malware, recently referred to as rootkit. This is malicious software that will take over part of your system and is hard to remove. For more all-round security, try the recently updated Panda AntiVirus + Firewall 2007, which is now Windows Vista compatible.

25 Apr 2007